
Court Terminates Biological Mother’s Parental Rights, Allowing Step-Mother to Legally Adopt the Child
Issues surrounding the custody of minor children are very emotional and, as a result, often end in major disagreements between divorcing spouses. In a recent case before the Oregon Court of Appeals, the court affirmed the lower court’s order terminating the parental rights of a child’s mother and granting the child’s step-mother’s petition to adopt her. The Facts of the